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You can rack from keg to keg using CO2 pressure. Clean, simple, no oxidization worries. I have gear set up just for this purpose. I have a dip tube cut off on the end by about an inch and quick disconnects and tubing to connect the two kegs. Process: purge the target keg w some C02, connect...

...and a link to video clip of honey boiling...temp at steady boil is about 250F...so dont get this suff on you...tenaciously sticky 250F goo...not good! https://www.dropbox.com/s/5wvnvsxht2hjiu6/20191207_201820.mp4?dl=0

...brewed this batch last night. Transfered cooked honey to keg containing 4 gallons of water...OG 1.097 (edit: corrected typo). Let cool overnight (I do this w beer too...much easier than chilling) then added DAP + yeast hulls and pitched rehydrated EC-118. The pics show how much honey...

Yes, honey expands dramatically when heated...so use a big ass pot relative to the volume of honey...at least several times more volume than the honey.

Everyone's taste preferences are different, but I agree w the honey seller. The sugars in honey are almost 100% fermentable, so what you are left with mostly is the other flavor components. I learned this the hard way when I first started brewing. I added buckwheat honey to an RIP. The resulting...

I brewed a brochet almost 3 years ago and left it to age at my place in Guatemala. I had intended to return in about a year, but just finally made it back last month...it was OMG incredible! Over about 10 days we & friends consumed all but a few liters of a 5 gallon batch. Now we are back home...

One of our favorite styles too!

A Tale of Two Goses... I picked one each of these up just because they were unusual...but damn! They are also really tasty! Styistically dead bang on for Gose...right down to a little salty finish, but each also has hints of their name sake flavors: Mango and Guanabana (Sour Sop)...just the...

Having a Puro Panameño in honor of Independence Day from Spain.

Tomorrow is a big ass holiday in Panama: Independence from Spain. Volcan is gearing up for a carnival and big parade...town will be jam up. So in order to avoid a crisis, I stocked up today! Bad pic...I was shaking w excitment over all those new beers to try!

Late posting this one. Waiting for the boat to Guatemala in Punta Gorda, Belize...decided to have a good ol Belikin.

OMG!!!! During the last guys trip to Belize/Guatemala I brewed a "brochette" at my place in Guatemala. This is mead made from caramelized honey. I planned to be back within a year to try it...now almost 3 years later...it is fooking amazing!!! Majic starts to happen with meads over 1...

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OMG!!!! During the last guys trip to Belize/Guatemala I brewed a "brochette" at my place in Guatemala. This is mead made from caramelized honey. I planned to be back within a year to try it...now almost 3 years later...it is fooking amazing!!! Majic starts to happen with meads over 1...

Hola Boys! Long time no post. In Guatemala City now having a brew & a stogie!

Guatemala City. Another new CA brew/brewery. Pretty good Session IPA.

Good on ya! I had buddies in college who used to donate blood, the blood bank was paying for it then, they would take the cash and head directly to the nearest bar...cheap drunk!

For years Ive watched you guys in the USA drinking beers I could not get here in Central America...now the tables are slowly turning! Craft Brewing is growing rapidly in some countries in CA, especially in Panama where I live now. These small brewers are now producing some very high quality...

A nice balanced Central American IPA.